HeroSmash Beta Set for Next Week Says Artix

Artix Entertainment announced the Beta release for HeroSmash, its newest MMORPG, scheduled to launch April 28th, 2011. The Beta release will be open to all players.

HeroSmash is an all new MMORPG where Super Villains and Heroes battle against each other for control of strategic locations and items within Super City. Players will choose to become evil Super Villains or good Heroes and fight to ensure their side’s victory.

At the start of the Alpha Phase 3 test-phase of the game, Artix Entertainment started a contest where players could submit videos of themselves in costume acting as a Super Villain or Hero for a chance to be immortalized in HeroSmash as a quest giver, trainer, or shop keeper NPC. Starting with the HeroSmash Beta release, winners of the Who Wants to be an NPC? YouTube contest will be put in-game as NPCs. For more information on the contest, please visit http://www.herosmash.com/hs-npc.asp .

The HeroSmash game is unique from anything else seen in Artix Entertainment’s games. The characters are drawn in an original “vinyl” art-style and the game features real-time cooperative multiplayer combat. Players will be able to team up or fight solo to defeat monsters, complete quests and explore the player-driven storylines.

There will be over 50 super powers available though in-game shops, quest rewards, and monster drops. Each character will only be able to equip 6 super powers at a time, but when not in combat, players can switch out which super powers they have equipped. Decked out in super battle armor and armed with a unique combination of super powers, players will be able to engage in ground and air battles, like real comic book heroes!

HeroSmash characters are fully customizable. Players will be able to choose their characters’ physical appearance, battle armor, as well as a unique combination of 6 super powers to create the ultimate Super Villain or Hero.